Okay, I'm taking a Latin course this year, so in some time, I may be able to speak it a little.  Right now I have a sentence I'm supposed to translate:  "Labor me vocat."  I am guessing this means, "I am called to labor."

What do you think?

(And this is also a silly thread for talking in Latin)

I translated one of these things as "Make haste slowly".  What the...!?

Festina lente.

See what you make of this:

Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.

It's just about the only thing I remember from Latin lessons I've had when I was about your age - and it's not even useful! ;D




btw: if you succeed in translating, please don't take it personal 'cause it wasn't/isn't meant that way. I would never call anyone bovus.

Henk, I couldn't get past "what".  ;D

I translated "saepe peccamus" as "sin often".  ???

Henk, I couldn't get past "what".   ;D


Hey, that's a start! :)

Well, maybe it was a bit too hard for a first question.
Qoud licet Iovi, non licet bovi means: What Jupiter is allowed to do, isn't allowed to a cow (that's a more or less literal translation). More freely it can be translated: If Jupiter is allowed to do something, it doesn't mean everybody's entitled to do the same. (Jupiter being the highest ranked Roman god, as you might know, and a cow being about the least animal known to Romans) I hope that's clear to you...it's hard translating from Latin via Dutch to English. :-\\

I translated "saepe peccamus" as "sin often".   ???


Never mind, I just retranslated it to "we sin often".

QUANDO EST CIBUM?

QUANDO EST CIBUM?


Don't know what that means, but...

Rumor volas.

QUANDO EST CIBUM?



uh, SEVEN!

;D It means "WHERE IS DINNER?"

;D It means "WHERE IS DINNER?"

Then the reason you volas is because you're so light because you haven't eaten dinner.  :D

Dulce et decorium est pro patria mori

Courtesy of Wilfred Owen's thought-provoking poem...

I studied Latin for 5 years at school, I really enjoyed it and I got a good grade in my exams. I've never subscribed to the theory that it's a worthless study because it's a "dead" language, it's absolutely relevant for the study of English and of course the Latin languages (Spanish, Italian, French). However about the only thing I remember is the old schoolboy joke:

"Caesar, adsum jam forte, Pompei aderat".

Anyone get this joke? It made me laugh at age 12, still brings a smile to my face now. As of course did the present tense conjugation of the verb "mittere", which always brought a classroom  full of schoolboys to tears of laughter  ::).

I studied Latin for 5 years at school, I really enjoyed it and I got a good grade in my exams. I've never subscribed to the theory that it's a worthless study because it's a "dead" language, it's absolutely relevant for the study of English and of course the Latin languages (Spanish, Italian, French). However about the only thing I remember is the old schoolboy joke:

"Caesar, adsum jam forte, Pompei aderat".

Anyone get this joke? It made me laugh at age 12, still brings a smile to my face now. As of course did the present tense conjugation of the verb "mittere", which always brought a classroom  full of schoolboys to tears of laughter  ::).


I just had to check your profile, and sure enough, you are not American.  ::)

I translated "si vales, valeo" as "If you are well, be well."  ???

As of course did the present tense conjugation of the verb "mittere", which always brought a classroom  full of schoolboys to tears of laughter  ::).


Which person? 3rd, I'm guessing.

I studied Latin for 5 years at school, I really enjoyed it and I got a good grade in my exams. I've never subscribed to the theory that it's a worthless study because it's a "dead" language, it's absolutely relevant for the study of English and of course the Latin languages (Spanish, Italian, French). However about the only thing I remember is the old schoolboy joke:

"Caesar, adsum jam forte, Pompei aderat".

Anyone get this joke? It made me laugh at age 12, still brings a smile to my face now. As of course did the present tense conjugation of the verb "mittere", which always brought a classroom  full of schoolboys to tears of laughter  ::).


I haven't seen you post for... EVER

I studied Latin for 5 years at school, I really enjoyed it and I got a good grade in my exams. I've never subscribed to the theory that it's a worthless study because it's a "dead" language, it's absolutely relevant for the study of English and of course the Latin languages (Spanish, Italian, French).

It's still very useful in the legal profession, Graham...!

However about the only thing I remember is the old schoolboy joke:

"Caesar, adsum jam forte, Pompei aderat".

Anyone get this joke? It made me laugh at age 12, still brings a smile to my face now.


I can basically get the gist of it, but then, I never studied it for five years...

...five hours, more like!

Ecce! In pictura est puella Romana nomine Cornelia.


First words of my Latin textbook.. I'll never forget them.




Wait, what were we talking about?

Which person? 3rd, I'm guessing.


Quid videte?

!hola! mi amigos!

Se habla Espanol?

*sinister voice* Minime vero.

;D That's how my Magister always says "Minime vero".. very evil voice.

Umm...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/piguy314/QED.jpg

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Yeah...je ne fais pas du latin, mais je fais du français.  :D

:o IT'S THE UNICORNS!

God, I miss that pic.. I ought to start using it again.

Quod erat demonstrandum

Undique clamor et strepitus!

How cool.  I wish I could have taken a latin course in school, but it wasn't offered.  Do well, YWN.

Oh yeah...

NULLA VESTIGIA RETRORSUM

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/piguy314/iyf.jpg

I was given this to translate:

Maecenas et Vergilius me hodie vocant.  Quid cogitare debeo?  Quid debeo respondere?  Si erro, me saepe monent et culpant; si non erro, me laudant.  Quid hodie cogitare debeo?

My translation:

Maecenas and Virgil invite me today.  What must I think?  What reply is owed?  If I err, I often warn and blame them; if I don’t err, they praise me.  What ought I think today?

Is that good?

Wow, you're learning harder Latin then I ever did. But it all seems good from here.

Is it worth learning Latin in today's busy fast paced life?

Is it worth learning Latin in today's busy fast paced life?


  Sure, why not...

 
  The longest Latin phrase I can remember off the top o' my head.  I'm still working on reading Latin, which doesn't seem terribly difficult...

  "Hominem innocentam et transmarinum..."

 

Here are a few for you:

Vultus Index Est Animi- The face is the index of the mind.
Deus Vult- The mind of God.
Corpus Delecti- Show me the body.
Sic Semper Tyrannis- Thus always to tyrants.